| December 11, 2003
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Items:
- 1 Groups Blast Weak OECD Agreement on Environment
- 2 Campaigners Lambast ECAs Meeting in Paris, France and launch Race to the Bottom II
- 3 Export Credit Agencies Continue Ecological and Social Race to the Bottom: International Report Spotlights Problems as OECD Negotiations Reopen
- 4 Export Credits and Sustainable Development: How to Minimize Risks and Save Costs?
In this issue:
 ECA
Campaign Action:
1)
ECA-Watch Press Release: Groups
Blast Weak OECD Agreement on Environment
Dec.
11, 2003 A common agreement among Export Credit Agencies (ECAs),
likely to be adopted today at the Organization for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD), has been heavily criticized by ECA-Watch,
an international network of environment, development, human rights
and labour groups.
2)
Campaigners Lambast ECAs Meeting in Paris, France and launch Race
to the Bottom II
September
15, 2003 As government negotiations reopen September 16 at
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
on the environmental guidelines for Export Credit Agencies (ECAs),
an international coalition of NGOs has launched a report entitled
" Race to the Bottom II
." The report is highly critical of the current draft
environmental framework."
3) See also ECA-WATCH Press Release: Export Credit
Agencies Continue Ecological and Social Race to the Bottom: International
Report Spotlights Problems as OECD Negotiations Reopen "
4)
Presentation to the Export Credit Group of the OECD by
Friends of the Earth, France: "
Export Credits and Sustainable Development: How to Minimize
Risks and Save Costs? "
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